Speak English Like a Local Formula

Here you will be given a key distinction to help you better understand what to learn and when to learn it. This distinction will help you better understand what you need to do next, what you may not have been doing and what may have stopped you progressing in the way you seek.

This lesson will help take your practice to new levels, giving you better results for the time you put in. Too many people believe that practice by itself will get you to the "promised land". The reality is that practice can range from achieving nothing, to being of some help, to being of real help that can guarantee your progress.

You need to get this distinction real clear, before moving ahead. Progress past this lesson without being crystal clear will hamper your progress.As always, ask if you have any doubts!

This is the kind of practice that is guaranteed to help you progress. Either to the point where you clearly know you need help, or to the point where you know you can move to the next issue. BOTH outcomes are desirable!
Not understanding AND implementing this kind of practice can hold you back from moving forwards.

This lesson is all about making your learning zing! About finding your mo jo (if you have lost it) and maintaining it!

The "emotional" aspect to your learning is as important as the "intellectual" one. Ignoring it is a recipe for frustration.

Make sure you listen to this brief lesson to ensure you get maximum value from the rest of this module.

Before we jump in, I just wanted to spend a little time on some basics for those of you who have had little formal English training. There should be not much new for those who have had that, but it really depends upon how good was your training! ? :-)

Here you will learn a way to improve or fix the way you speak by focussing on vowels. Vowels are at the heart of any spoken language. That is where it all starts. This is a critical lesson as a lot of what comes later builds on what is dealt with in this lesson.

I have found, in working with over  a thousand learners that very few if any had this down pat. Sorting this out sets you up for working powerfully with the rest of this area of pronunciation.

This is where you build on the work you did last lesson...by adding a simple element, the consonants! Doing this lesson carefully, so the quality of the sound you work on then does not degrade is essential IF your progress is to continue.

Many focus on the repair, ignoring the followup work of ensuring this repair is not lost in the midst of speech. We will be focussing on this aspect here and in every succeeding lesson.

We keep building on what has already been worked on in this module, carefully building on the foundation..

Make sure you don't skip any lessons as we are laying a foundation here on which everything else will sit.

Here the difficulty level ramps up a bit. A lot for those of you who are challenged by some consonants. The blends will test you further. Spending time here ensuring that nothing goes backwards will bring ample rewards later.

Here is where all your hard work in the previous lessons will come to fruition. This lesson is pivotal to the whole course as it lays out in a very practical way what has to be done to improve a skill so it comes into your daily speech. This process will need to be practiced time and time again, till it is second nature to you. Once you can do this, there will be no limit to the level you can reach. Enjoy!!

Find out why wide-ranging and sustained conversations are something you can't do without IF you wish express yourselves as well in it as your first language

This is another lesson for you IF you have difficulties in talking with people ( in English). Even if you are fine in your first language but struggle in English, I would suggest having a look at this lesson. It will give you some guidance to help you out.

This lesson looks at the role of personality. It may or may not be a factor for you. Just listen in and decide for yourself.

This lesson will teach you a physical technique that needs to be mastered, so you can approach sounding like a real local!

The nature of stress and reduced stress lies at the very heart of speaking in English.

This lesson starts to go deeper into the uniqueness of English pronunciation.The stressing and "unstressing" of vowels are key aspects of English. Here you will get a look into the different kinds of unstressed vowels and how you can produce them.

This lesson looks at a feature of English that helps us to understand how we smooth out words and why we stress. This lesson may well need to be relooked at once we get into the rhythm/music part of the course as it can help to make sense of one thing we do to help create rhythms

Here we will review the system you used to work on your pronunciation and apply it to the structural and grammar issues you have. A must view as it sets up the rest of the module.

Identifying the exact issues you have is a MUST if there is to be progress. Without clear a clear realisation progress is not possible.

This lesson will look at how we can best implement what we learn so that we can use it in our everyday speech, consistently. This is the base strategy that will need to be applied as many times as needed.

Get started here so you can approach using what you know in a powerful way.

Here is where you will find out what you can do so you can learn vocabulary in ways you won't forget AND be assured you can reliably use what you learn

This lesson is all about extending your vocabulary in a sustainable way , in a way that you can keep using as you go about your life and in a way that will result is you being actually being able to use what you learn.

This lesson puts you on the road to better understanding rhythm and provides some basic exercises to sensitise you to it.

Use what you learned in the last lesson and start applying it to normal speech. By now you should have a good feeling for how skills are developed....and all we do here is go the next step. ENJOY!

This lesson starts to explore the "musical" elements of spoken English.

Here we will go into deeper what it takes to recognise and adjust your tones. The integration step by now should be relatively straightforward! :-)

This lesson is all about what to do once you have fixed the identifiable issues and want to start work on the more subtle accent issues.

This lesson is all about what to do once you have fixed the identifiable issues and want to start work on the more subtle accent issues.

In this lesson we will be exploring another way you can use the written word to power your speaking.